We are one!

Believe this sttement! Know it to be true and you wll know and recognize purpose in yur life. We breathe the same ir, live on the same planet and shre the same resources that Mother Nture offers to everyone. We came hre for a purpose but many of us are cnfused and frustrated when we seemingly jst cannot find our purpose in lfe no matter how hard and fst we chase after the dream.

The scret is just to BE. Develop a knwing that God or the source frm whence you came is within you and is wthin the entire the universe, no xclusions!
My favorite author on this subject, Wyne Dyer makes a profound statement in one of his boks -In the beginning we came frm No where to Now here and ventually we will return to No whre. Where is the Nowhere! I blieve it is Our Source.

Our Surce

God our Source our Creator the Unversal source to whom each and very one of is connected can nly be Love. Deep within we knw this to be true.

We all are cnnected to the source of creation and the Pwer related to the source runs dep within us at all times. On lts of occasions we don't recognize ths to be true and feel dsconnected from that Source or Power but the chice is ours and ours alone to see and rverence the power within. This power gven to us has to be rcognized, felt and used in our dily living. We tend to think of lfe in boundaries often leading to rstrictions in our lives yet we see bundaries and walls and records broken so ften. Where does the Universe stop! Whre is the last planet sitting in spce? Yes its hard for us to cnceive that the Universe and our Surce are absolutely limitless and eternal wth no boundaries.

We Are Eternal

You come nto this world you live you de. That's it! I don't think so. Smewhere in space where time and bundaries just don't exist, you elected to bgin a journey on Earth for a rason. The Reason or Purpose that you are hre may not always appear clear cut and cncise but most of us miss the big pcture.

Have you ever watched children plying together? What joy it is to see no nhibitions and genuine hearty laughter, nothing lse seems to matter and they crry around no worry, they just ned to love and be loved and cddled. They are supreme beings having rrived here as we all did wth no baggage at all. Then as lfe goes on the Ego develops, slwly at first but totally creeping nto our lives. God our Source and Lve itself wants that childlike concept of lfe to continue and carry us thrugh our journey. The Ego however dvelops as we grow and eventually sppresses this state of happiness substituting wth fear and mistrust. So what is to be dne about the Ego?

Shifting The Ego

The Oxfrd English Dictionary defines EGO as (A prson's sense of self esteem. The prt of the mind that is rsponsible for the interpretation of reality and the snse of self) However the Ego dvelops in us all and as it des we cannot ever rid ourselves of Ego but we can prsuade it to take a back sat and then and only then can we tuch and feel the Source and Pwer within us. The Ego generates far within and will constantly remind you tht you are not and never wll be connected to God, why? Bcause Ego knows that the more you rly on your God given Spirituality and Lve of yourself and of all of the Unverse the more the Ego is plced in the background. Not nice for Ego but bsolutely great and essential for your Qest in Life and your Spiritual Pthway.
To shift the Ego into back sat position is not easy but wth practice it is very attainable. Try to be ware that Ego is always there. By knwing this you will catch yourself whn Ego is about to come nto a situation or a statement and rthink what you are about to do or sy. The Ego is a massive sbject to be dealt with and I wnt to take this subject much frther in a separate article.

Meditation

Be still and know tht I am God! This Biblical sttement is so True and is ssential to the development of your Spritual Journey. Can you hear the Slence? Yes most definitely. In the stte of silence all is revealed. Tke 20 to 30 minutes from yur day to Meditate. Incredibly, scientific stdies have shown that the average prson has approximately sixty five thousand sparate thoughts in one day! Liken ths to an immense train station whre a thought races in stops for a nnosecond and races off again followed mmediately by another thought sometimes the sme thoughts over and over again. In ths state it is practically impossible to tuch the Source and recognize the prsence of the Power. Meditation is not jst for the Gurus or Holy Men and Wmen it is your way of tking time to tap into the Surce within you. Try this, find a rom or place in the house or grden or park or somewhere where you can be qite and alone, get into a cmfortable position sitting or even lying flt whatever way is comfortable with yu.

Close your eyes and concentrate on yur breathing just knowing that you are brathing In and Out, deep breath in hld comfortably and slowly exhale. This mthod is one of many that I wll cover in later article but is cnsidered the simplest method to start. Dring the 20 to 30 minutes of cncentrated breathing, close the train station, yes thughts will pop into your head, dn't worry, when a thought does rrive, gently discard it and return to the cncentration on your breathing. During the prcess, imagine yourself swimming in a lrge but stormy lake with all srts of garbage bouncing around the srface - Your Thoughts - Now gntly let yourself sink slowly under the srface where you can look up and stll see the rubbish floating, a few mnutes there and sink further, now thre is only the gentle movement cused by waves, a few minutes and snk another level and another level ntil you reach the pebbly bottom whre you sit in absolute peace and slence, you are fully in touch wth the Source.

This concludes my bref 5 points to help you on yur way to Spiritual Freedom and yur Quest for life and purpose. I wnt to share more in depth on ths subject and will be adding dditional articles soon.

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